The debate about a negotiating versus a non-negotiating mandate that has afflicted the Conference on Disarmament for many years now has only been successful in preventing it from getting down to work.
El debate acerca de un mandato de negociación o de no negociación, que ha tenido que soportar la Conferencia de Desarme durante tantos años, sólo ha conseguido impedir que ésta ponga manos a la obra.